While there was always some skepticism about fresh peace talks with Israel among West Bank Palestinians, the latest Jerusalem Media Centre poll shows that over half of Palestinians now see entering those talks as a “mistake.”
The poll splits to 50.5% believing it was a mistake and 33.8% believing it was the right move, but only about 20% believe that the talks will yield an actual agreement.
The results are perhaps unsurprising, as months of talks have accomplished only one noteworthy thing, and that’s the mass resignation of Palestinian negotiators.
Israeli officials haven’t been very keen on the talks either, continuing it primarily because of its interest to the Obama Administration, while their hawkish coalition members have made it publicly clear they oppose any deal under any circumstances.
The peace talks are meaningless – Israel has no intention of negotiating anything; they are just playing their game of slowly stealing the land while lying about it. It doesn't matter – Israel will still lose in the long run. The problem is that the individual Israelis want a "western" life in the Mid East, which can't provide lives of luxury. Once the oil is gone, the place is a desert. The israelis wanting big estates and big cars, etc. will turn their back on hardscrabble olive groves and orange trees and emigrate to what is left of the ruined, capitalistic West, which will also turn barren. Greed will be their downfall.
Israel only agreed to these negotiations to suspend any Palestinian action at the UN while Israel continues to build "facts on the ground." They've been using the same strategy for many years. The only surprising thing about it is that the Palestinians agreed to it in the first place.
Israel only agreed to these negotiations to suspend any Palestinian action at the UN while Israel continues to build "facts on the ground." They've been using the same strategy for many years. The only surprising thing about it is that the Palestinians agreed to it in the first place.